Senate approves Quinn appointments

Several recent appointees to Gov. Pat Quinn's Cabinet, including agency heads at the Department of Corrections and the Department of Human Services, won state Senate confirmation Thursday.

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Several recent appointees to Gov. Pat Quinn's Cabinet, including agency heads at the Department of Corrections and the Department of Human Services, won state Senate confirmation Thursday.

Senators overwhelmingly confirmed Quinn's appointments of Michael Randle at Corrections and Michelle Saddler at DHS. Other confirmations included James Sledge as director of the Department of Central Management Services and Brent Adams as secretary of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation

The Cabinet members' terms will expire in January 2011.

Senators also approved Quinn's appointments of dozens of other people to work at high-level state agency jobs or to serve on state boards and commissions.

They included former Springfield Mayor Karen Hasara, who was confirmed as a member of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. Quinn appointed her to the board in the wake of an admissions scandal at the university.

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